Major medical outcomes with spinal augmentation vs conservative therapy

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1514-1521

  McCullough, Brendan J ^a   Comstock, Bryan A ^b   Deyo, Richard A ^c,d   Kreuter, William ^b   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KYPHOPLASTY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KYPHOPLASTY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84883769814     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.8725     Document Type: Article

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